If Jimmy Carter were President right now, he’d call our athletes home from the Olympics in protest, like he did when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.

History is getting so interesting, we need a War News Network to keep us informed. Failing that, thank God for Prof. Wretchard and the Belmont Club.

This incident might explain Poland’s reticence over putting our Star Wars missiles in their country, eh?

Since it’s looking like there’s no way in hell that the American military will (or can?) do anything here, now is the time for teh world to see what Obama’s vaunted “world community” can do. It will be a salutary lesson to see what happens when the Yanks don’t ride to the rescue.

Speaking of the Cold War, remember 1979? Russians in Afghanistan, 50,000 Cuban troops in Angola fighting our allies South Africa and Rhodesia, communists in Central America … ahhh, the bad old days. Nothing’s new under the sun.